Trust, not information, is the scarce resource in today’s world. Trust is something that is hard to earn and easy to lose. And it is a core element of journalism; few other professions are so dependent on trust.

This is a good piece about the future of journalism on several levels. It addresses data and what people need in terms of how they get information, and it addresses “trust” as a resource.

Voices: News organizations must become hubs of trusted data in a market seeking (and valuing) trust » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism